"querulous" meaning in Anglais

See querulous in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: \ˈkwe.ɹʊ.ləs\ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Usmaan (Middle river exports)-querulous.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-querulous.wav Forms: more querulous [comparative], most querulous [superlative]
  1. Grincheux.
    Sense id: fr-querulous-en-adj-soUN7~uq Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: querulously, querulousness
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    "(Fin du XVᵉ siècle) Du latin querulus."
  ],
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      "word": "cantankerous"
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      "word": "peevish"
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      "word": "plaintive"
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      "word": "testy"
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      "word": "touchy"
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      "word": "uptight"
    },
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      "word": "whiny"
    },
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      "word": "bemoaning"
    },
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      "word": "lamenting"
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